FRIDAY 8.45am: THERE are concerns for the welfare of a missing man on the Northern Rivers.

"Today one of my best friends from school and in defence went missing in the Northern Rivers Area of NSW," Pixelface Kev Hartley said last night in a Facebook post which has since been shared over 4000 times.

"His name is Jed Saunders, and he was last seen in a old volvo sedan around the Greater Lismore area.

"Jed is a tall, 30 year old, caucasian male with dark red/brown hair and beard.